United Zinc & Chemical Co. v. Britt

Citations

• 258 U.S. 268
• 42 S. Ct. 299
• 66 L. Ed. 615
• 1922 U.S. LEXIS 2269
• 36 A.L.R. 28

Syllabus

<p>1. A landowner owes no general duty to keep his land safe for children of tender years, or even free from hidden danger, if he has not directly or by implication invited them there. P. 275.</p> <p>2. A road is not an invitation to leave it elsewhere than at its end. P. 276.</p> <p>3. Defendant owned a tract, on the outskirts of a town, on which was an open and abandoned cellar wherein water had accumulated, clear in appearance but dangerously poisoned with chemicals .resulting from manufacturing operations formerly conducted there by the defendant. A traveled way passed within 120 feet of the pool and paths crossed the tract. Children came upon the land, entered the water, were poisoned and died. Defendant knew the condition of the water; but the pool, if visible to the children without trespass, was not proven to have caused their entry, nor were children in the habit of going to it. Held, that no license or invitation could be implied arid that the defendant was not' liable. P. 274.</p>